Roe as Humphrey's Executor, Casey as Morrison, and Dobbs as Slaughter

Roe as Humphrey's Executor, Casey as Morrison, and Dobbs as Slaughter

The Supreme Court's abortion jurisprudence can be plotted as three primary points: Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. The line between these precedents was not straight. Indeed, Casey effectively rewrote Roe; Casey abandoned Roe's trimester framework; Casey found that the state has "legitimate interests" from the outset of pregnancy to protect both the health of the woman and the life of t…